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Cursed VHS

Cursed VHS is a high contrast, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #1c082c background and #f4edff text (16.4:1 contrast)

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Background
#1c082c
Foreground
#f4edff
Text contrast
16.43:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.64:1min 6.35
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~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ ls -la
drwxr-xr-x 12 ada staff 384 Oct 30 09:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 1.2K Oct 30 09:10 .gitignore
drwxr-xr-x 5 ada staff 160 Oct 30 09:12 src
drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ada staff 2.4K Oct 30 08:57 build.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 4.1K Oct 30 09:01 package.json
lrwxr-xr-x 1 ada staff 18 Oct 27 14:33 node_modules -> ../cache/modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 48K Oct 26 10:15 logo.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 9.8M Oct 25 21:47 backup.tar.gz
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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notes.md
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Cursed VHS configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Cursed VHS

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Cursed VHS, then set theme = Cursed VHS in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Cursed VHS (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/cursed-vhs?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#afa3bd
palette = 1=#ff6d98
palette = 2=#8ed69e
palette = 3=#e5c85f
palette = 4=#62b9f2
palette = 5=#d16cf0
palette = 6=#4bd9e1
palette = 7=#f4edff
palette = 8=#b9aec5
palette = 9=#ff7fa4
palette = 10=#9cdbaa
palette = 11=#e8cf72
palette = 12=#75c1f4
palette = 13=#d77ef2
palette = 14=#61dee5
palette = 15=#f5efff
background = #1c082c
foreground = #f4edff
cursor-color = #ff7fa4
cursor-text = #1c082c
selection-background = #b9aec5
selection-foreground = #f5efff

Cursed VHS palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#1c082crgb(28 8 44)hsl(273 69% 10%)oklch(19.0% 0.071 306.4)—
Foregroundforeground#f4edffrgb(244 237 255)hsl(263 100% 96%)oklch(95.7% 0.025 303.5)16.43 AAA
Cursorcursor#ff7fa4rgb(255 127 164)hsl(343 100% 75%)oklch(75.2% 0.159 3.4)7.88 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#1c082crgb(28 8 44)hsl(273 69% 10%)oklch(19.0% 0.071 306.4)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#b9aec5rgb(185 174 197)hsl(269 17% 73%)oklch(76.7% 0.035 307.1)8.86 AAA
Selection textselectionText#f5efffrgb(245 239 255)hsl(263 100% 97%)oklch(96.1% 0.022 302.9)16.67 AAA
Blackcolor0#afa3bdrgb(175 163 189)hsl(268 16% 69%)oklch(73.4% 0.039 306.2)7.85 AAA
Redcolor1#ff6d98rgb(255 109 152)hsl(342 100% 71%)oklch(72.5% 0.181 4.4)7.04 AAA
Greencolor2#8ed69ergb(142 214 158)hsl(133 47% 70%)oklch(81.4% 0.107 150.5)10.94 AAA
Yellowcolor3#e5c85frgb(229 200 95)hsl(47 72% 64%)oklch(83.7% 0.128 94.0)11.39 AAA
Bluecolor4#62b9f2rgb(98 185 242)hsl(204 85% 67%)oklch(75.4% 0.118 239.6)8.69 AAA
Magentacolor5#d16cf0rgb(209 108 240)hsl(286 81% 68%)oklch(69.9% 0.207 317.7)6.35 AA
Cyancolor6#4bd9e1rgb(75 217 225)hsl(183 71% 59%)oklch(81.4% 0.119 200.5)10.99 AAA
Whitecolor7#f4edffrgb(244 237 255)hsl(263 100% 96%)oklch(95.7% 0.025 303.5)16.43 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#b9aec5rgb(185 174 197)hsl(269 17% 73%)oklch(76.7% 0.035 307.1)8.86 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ff7fa4rgb(255 127 164)hsl(343 100% 75%)oklch(75.2% 0.159 3.4)7.88 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#9cdbaargb(156 219 170)hsl(133 47% 74%)oklch(83.6% 0.094 150.9)11.72 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#e8cf72rgb(232 207 114)hsl(47 72% 68%)oklch(85.6% 0.117 94.7)12.14 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#75c1f4rgb(117 193 244)hsl(204 85% 71%)oklch(78.1% 0.105 239.4)9.54 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#d77ef2rgb(215 126 242)hsl(286 82% 72%)oklch(73.2% 0.184 317.9)7.28 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#61dee5rgb(97 222 229)hsl(183 72% 64%)oklch(83.3% 0.111 200.3)11.68 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f5efffrgb(245 239 255)hsl(263 100% 97%)oklch(96.1% 0.022 302.9)16.67 AAA

About Cursed VHS

Cursed VHS is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #1c082c background with #f4edff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 16.43:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.64:1 (minimum 6.35:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff6d98 red, #8ed69e green, #62b9f2 blue, and #d16cf0 magenta.

Ready-to-use configs can be exported for Ghostty, iTerm2, Kitty, Alacritty, WezTerm, Windows Terminal, Warp, foot, Rio, XFCE4 Terminal, and Xresources, along with VS Code and Zed integrated terminals, CSS variables, Tailwind CSS, and JSON.

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Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)